A faith-based homeless shelter in Columbus, Ga. is drawing attention this week for closing its doors to gay individuals in need after kicking out two women they suspected were romantically involved.

The photograph is not easy to look at, and it's not clear at first glance if Millicent Gaika, the woman in the photo, is dead or alive. Huge purple bruises surround both of her swollen eyes, and her neck is crisscrossed by a number of open gashes and scars.

This brings us to the second point I want to make. In the vast and overwhelming majority of cases, it is simply not possible to change a person's sexual preference with modern medicines or surgery.

Service Employees International Union president Mary Kay Henry recently recorded a video as part of the It Gets Better project, noting that unions are critical to advancing LGBT rights. Here are a few reasons why, from the SEIU's Rachel Larris and Pride@Work:

Facebook is working with a gay-advocacy group to reduce the amount of hate speech and bullying on the online social hub.

But its most feverish passion seems to be opposition to gay rights, evident in the Institute's advocacy against gay teachers or Boy Scout leaders and in support of "reparative" gay conversion therapy.

Organizers said the rally included more than 400 groups representing black, Latino, gay and lesbian, labor, environmental and civil-rights activists who gathered at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for the "One Nation Working Together" rally.

On Saturday, the season's lone march on Washington not convened by a television personality will unfold in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial.

"Muslims are calling for the executions of homosexuals in America," Dean said on YCR's May 15 radio show on AM 1280 the Patriot.